Veľký Slavkov

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Veľký Slavkov
coat of arms map
Veľký Slavkov's coat of arms
Veľký Slavkov (Slovakia)
Veľký Slavkov
Veľký Slavkov
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Prešovský kraj
Okres : Poprad
Region : Tatry
Area : 12.347 km²
Residents : 1,462 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density : 118 inhabitants per km²
Height : 677  m nm
Postal code : 059 91
Telephone code : 0 52
Geographic location : 49 ° 6 ′  N , 20 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  N , 20 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  E
License plate : PP
Kód obce : 524018
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Slavomír Pucci
Address: Obecný úrad Veľký Slavkov
Kapitána Morávku 118
05991 Veľký Slavkov
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Veľký Slavkov (German Großschlagendorf , Hungarian Nagyszalók - also Nagyszalok ) is a municipality in eastern Slovakia in the Spiš region . It is located in the Podtatranská kotlina basin near the High Tatras and about five kilometers from Poprad .

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1251 under the name Zolok .

In 1947 parts of the municipality came to the newly founded municipality Vysoké Tatry . The mountain Slavkovsky peak (2452 m above sea level. Inst.) Is named after the town.

The place has a stop on the Tatrabahn Electric Railway .